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Organizers present City of Wilmington Autonomous Tenants Union; legal aid urges renters to call for eviction help
Summary
Organizers of a new City of Wilmington Autonomous Tenants Union told a City of Wilmington committee on March 19 they intend to organize renters, provide mutual support for repair and habitability complaints, and press for changes at the state and local level to make withholding rent and landlord contact information easier for tenants.
Organizers of a new City of Wilmington Autonomous Tenants Union told a City of Wilmington committee on March 19 they intend to organize renters, provide mutual support for repair and habitability complaints, and press for changes at the state and local level to make withholding rent and landlord contact information easier for tenants.
The presentation to the Health, Environmental, Aging and Disabilities Committee came from Cheyenne Miller, Anne Aviles and Tony Serzaga. “We’re currently…working long and hard to build up this tenant union,” Aviles said, describing the group as a grassroots effort to connect renters and provide a separate, tenant-led resource for housing problems.
The union’s representatives laid out gaps they say exist between what legal-service organizations can provide and what tenants need. Tony Serzaga, a staff attorney with Community Legal Aid Society, told the…
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